page_title: Flag of the Cherokee Nation
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Flag of the Cherokee Nation / Design
caption_attribution_description: English: Cherokee Nation Vice President of Government Relations Kimberly Teehee, commenting on her nomination as a delegate to the U.S. Congress, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Aug. 22, 2019.
context_page_description: The Flag of the Cherokee Nation was adopted by the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma on October 9, 1978.
context_section_description: A flag for the new Nation was designed by Stanley John, and approved by the Cherokee Tribal Council on October 9, 1978.  The flag comprises an orange field with the "Great Seal of the Cherokee Nation" in its center.  The seal is surrounded by seven yellow stars with seven points.  Each of these stars points toward the star in the center of the seal.  The seven pointed stars represent the seven clans of the Cherokee.  The current flag results when the flag was modified in a resolution passed by the council on September 9, 1989.  At that time, a single black, seven-pointed, star was added to the upper right hand corner of the flag, representing the light that went out with the deaths of those who perished on the Trail of Tears.  The official flag also has a green and black rope edging.  The Cherokee script in the central seal reads: "Tsa la gi yi A ye hli" (translation: "Cherokee Nation").
caption: Congressional nominee Kimberly Teehee of the Cherokee Nation stands in front of the Nation's flag, the flag of the United States, and the flag of Oklahoma in 2019.
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